Update on the Freddie Gray case
The Baltimore police have delivered a report to a prosecutor that contains the following new information: “The police van carrying Gray to the station made a previously undisclosed stop that was captured on a ‘privately owned camera.'” That’s all we know about it, so we don’t know whether this will end up being vital information in determining what really happened or not.
In addition, “five of the six officers gave statements to investigators the day Gray was injured, and as recently as a week ago, the stop was not part of the official timeline, suggesting investigators learned of it later.”
In other Gray-related news, The Baltimore Sun reports that Gray doesn’t seem to have had a pre-existing car accident or previous neck injury.
And this from Munir Bahar (who sounds like an unusually sensible man):
…[F]ounder of the 300 Men March movement that aims to act as a “neutral force” between police and the rioters amid the protests in Baltimore, [Bahar] slammed the “professional agitators and protesters” from out of town who he said are wreaking havoc on his city…
“When this happened to Freddie Gray, this was sort of an invite for people to come into this community [and say], ”˜Let’s set up shop, and now this is going to be the new national post where we’re going to air all of our frustrations for everything wrong with our country and the government,’” Bahar remarked.
Yes, there are many people on the left who would like cities to go up in flames, and who are willing to devote some energy to making that happen.
In the following video, it does look like he was injured at the time of arrest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YV0EtkWyno
He seems unable to walk and stand on his own or hold his head up straight.
The NYDN has an excellent comment by Dr Samadi
explaining why it was virtually impossible for Gray to have inflicted the injuries on himself.
He points to the initial tape we have all seen with the arresting officers & says (like Steve above points out)
Gray cannot stand & has to be pulled up, how he has
no use of his legs, they drag along limply, his head
slumps, he screams in pain….
It is a very telling assessment & worth a read….
Also Dr Cyril Wecht a pathologist we have all seen in high profile cases also weighs in THAT it is impossible to self inflict those wounds.
If he was tasered, the police are right that he may not have been injured when he was put in the paddy wagon, but what the police omit is that he likely had not regained control of his legs. He would not have been able to brace himself when they made turns or stops. Did the police investigation connect the dots?
When football players break their neck it is often a collision with the top of the head. Often, the collision doesn’t look extremely violent. Running into a steel wall with the top of the head might be able to do that. The question which would remain is crushing the voice box.
I must maintain that OfA is the ultimate source of the radical’s funding.
These are the same players involved with ACORN and OWS…
They change fronts like fanatic jihadis in the Middle East.
SOMEONE is their golden chain — their sugar daddy.